The Rapture formed in the spring of '98. With a keen ear toward visionaries such as PIL, Television, Chrome, and the Happy Mondays, they've formed a reputation for energetic, chaotic live sets of sonic deathfuck groove. They combine all that's great about English and American post-punk. The dubby bass and propagandistic bellow of Gang of Four, the angular guitar of Richard Lloyd, the slack-jawed ramblings of Mark E. Smith -- these guys have got it all.